Trunk-harness.



PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

E. N. BUCHANAN. TRUNK HARNESS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5. 1906.

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ELEANORA N. BUCHANAN, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

TRUNK-HARNESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

Application filed April 5.1906. Serial No. 310,072-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELEANORA N. BU- OHANAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah, State ofOregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTrunk-Harness; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention has relation to trunk-straps and being made up forseparate trunks may, for the purposes of this specification, be called atrunk-harness. The straps in their construction and arrangement subservethe purposes of additional ropes and trunkstraps that are almostessential nowadays to supply, after all of the usual means are employedto keep the trunk from being smashed by the transfer and otherbaggagemen on railway and steamboat lines.

It is the object of my invention to provide a thoroughly eflicient meansthat will completely envelop and take the place of all other neededstraps-and ropes in ordinary'travel and for locking and securing thetrunk at home and to so make up the harness that they can be quickly andevenly adjusted, and, moreover, to form them so that persons of ordinaryskill can adjust them quite tightly around the trunk. There being quitea large number of buckling-points, by tightening one after another afterthey have been once gone over the straps first tightened are put inreadiness for a second going over for the purpose of tightening.

It is, moreover, the object of the invention in making a trunk-harnessserviceable in the highest degree in the respects mentioned to do so ata relatively low cost, in the end cheapening the cost of the trunk to avery material extent.

To these ends the invention consists of straps that completely envelopthe trunk and have their ends buckled together without loss of material.At points where the straps pass around the edges or corners or areotherwise subjected to unusual wear they are studded with rivets ofcopper, brass, or other metal, so as to make them durable, and they areotherwise connected and provided with keepers and buckles as to keeptheir cost down to a minimum degree consistent with requisites andnecessities. I

Reference is to be had to the annexed drawings, which illustrate theinvention and form a part of this specification, of which- Figure 1 is aperspective view showing a trunk with the harness in place. Fig. 2 is aplan view showing the harness detached.

The same figures of reference designate the same parts or featureswherever they occur In carrying out my invention I propose to make thestraps of the very best material such, for example, as is employed byharnessmakers in the constructlon of surcingles. The side straps 3thatis, those that go around the trunkare two in number and are eachprovided at one end with a buckle 12 for connecting the ends of thestrap at one end of the trunk. Supposing it to be best to put on theside straps 3 first, they are provided with keepers or loops 11 atpoints where other straps cross them, through or under which loops orkee ers the said other straps pass. The said si e straps, as well asthose that go around the trunk over the top, sides, and bottom, arethickly studded with rivets 10 where they pass around sharp corners orare likely to be subjected to undue wear.

11 designates the keepers, 12 the buckles, and 13 the holes formedthrough the straps to receive the tongues 5 of the buckles on otherstraps.

All of the straps designated by 3 are designed to extend around thesides and ends of the trunk, while the short length 14 extends centrallyalong the bottom. The keepers 11 are made so that a strap crossing theone to which the keeper is secured may freely slide under it and betightened. By once securing a correct understanding as to the properposition the short length of strap should take under the trunk it is aneasy matter to get all of the straps in proper place and adjust them bythe buckles accordingly. The harness once made up will not need remakingand once adjusted can be adjusted with greater ease a second time.

One advantage of my trunk-harness is that it is made up, as far as thatthing can be done, (and it is done to a very advanta eous extent,) readyto be applied to a trun when it is ready to be finally closed, and itgreatly shortens the time necessary for this purpose and lessens theperplexity attendant thereon. Of course the straps may be made as broadand as strong as is necessary or as may be desired, it being understoodthat a small trunk will require smaller straps than a larger one.

I claim A trunk-harness consisting of straps adapted to be securedaround a trunk horizontally, said straps being provided at one end withbuckles for connecting the ends of the straps, three straps adapted toextend around the trunk at right angles to the firstmentioned straps,keepers connecting the stra s at points Where they are crossed, buc ingmeans at the ends of the three straps to connect said ends on the top ofthe 1 trunk, and a transverse strap arranged to extend longitudinallyand centrally on the bottom of the trunk and connected to thelongitudial straps.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ELEANORA N. BUCHANAN.

Witnesses:

H. DENLINGER, Mrs. F. W. BENNETT.

